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Sunday, May 13, 2012 @ 6:16 am - 10:38 am |
The sportives are coming thick and fast at the moment and that’s another big one been ticked off.
Less than ideal preparation after a night of almost zero sleep in a poky little tent and damp, cold and windy when we had to get up at 6am. Ugh. Definitely need to get a nice B&B booked well in advance for next year!
The ride itself went well enough. Impressive organisation saw groups of 100 riders setting off every two minutes without any obvious hitches and we eventually got underway only slightly after our allocated start time. It felt odd riding with so many other bikes on closed roads and it took a bit of time to feel comfortable charging into blind corners downhill on the wrong side of the road. Great fun!
Lots of good riders meant lots of good fast groups to try and latch onto. Some attempts were more successful than others, but I did get into a great little group of three in the last twenty miles, which really helped keep up a good pace when the legs were tiring in the closing stages.
I was very happy with my time of 4h 21m, but thought I might place better than 550th overall. I suppose with over 4,000 riders – lots of them pretty serious – that’s not too bad, but I’ll definitely be aiming for better next year! 
All the results are here if you’re interested in the really fast times.
Summary |
| Distance: | 81.25 mi | Time: | 04:21:34 | Speed: | 18.6 mph |
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| Elevation: | 3,517 ft | Moving Time: | 04:21:25 | Moving Speed: | 18.6 mph |
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| Calories: | 4,698 C | Elapsed Time: | 04:21:48 | Max Speed: | 39.5 mph |
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Full activity details at Garmin Connect…
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 @ 4:07 pm - 5:00 pm |
Often the commute home from work is a bit of a slog and definitely not blog worthy. Last night was a bit of an exception though. A very favourable tail wind and good luck with the traffic lights resulted in me beating my all time personal best, posting a time of 53 mins for the 18 miles home.
Very pleased with that and just wondering how I can get to be that quick without the tailwind!
Summary |
| Distance: | 17.82 mi | Time: | 00:52:39 | Speed: | 20.3 mph |
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| Elevation: | 479 ft | Moving Time: | 00:52:24 | Moving Speed: | 20.4 mph |
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| Calories: | 1,052 C | Elapsed Time: | 00:53:30 | Max Speed: | 38.1 mph |
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Full activity details at Garmin Connect…
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 @ 10:13 am - 1:03 pm |
A short Saturday morning ride to the coast. Unusal North Easterly wind meant that I averaged 21mph on the way down, but had to struggle against a headwind all the way back. Good training though
Summary |
| Distance: | 48.13 mi | Time: | 02:40:04 | Speed: | 18.0 mph |
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| Elevation: | 2,037 ft | Moving Time: | 02:38:20 | Moving Speed: | 18.2 mph |
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| Calories: | 2,739 C | Elapsed Time: | 02:50:49 | Max Speed: | 34.6 mph |
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Full activity details at Garmin Connect…
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Monday, April 23, 2012 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 am |
Weekend training ride over a pretty hilly Trossachs route. Weather was good, legs felt fine and I managed to log the quickest segment time up Crow Road which was nice. First time I’ve been over that hill in many years. Brought back some good memories and the fact that I felt faster over there than I did twenty years ago has to be a good thing
Summary |
| Distance: | 75.58 mi | Time: | 04:45:42 | Speed: | 15.9 mph |
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| Elevation: | 5,482 ft | Moving Time: | 04:43:54 | Moving Speed: | 16.0 mph |
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| Calories: | 4,372 C | Elapsed Time: | 05:55:17 | Max Speed: | 40.2 mph |
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Full activity details at Garmin Connect…
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Saturday, April 14, 2012 @ 8:04 am - 12:36 pm |
So, we came down here for a nice relaxing ride in the sun, but it turned into an 85 mile sprint in freezing rain!
There was a special Gold Medal on offer for anyone finishing in less than 5 hours and we thought that was a reasonable target, but we started quickly and managed to keep it going for the whole ride, eventually finishing in 4.31 with an average moving speed of 18.8 mph.
It was a tough ride in the cold and pushing hard the whole way, but I’m very happy with the time and had a great massage at the end which was much needed for my aching legs.
Great day. Well organised, good freebies and lots of riders. We’ll be back!!
Summary |
| Distance: | 84.34 mi | Time: | 04:31:55 | Speed: | 18.6 mph |
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| Elevation: | 2,329 ft | Moving Time: | 04:28:59 | Moving Speed: | 18.8 mph |
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| Calories: | 4,635 C | Elapsed Time: | 04:32:14 | Max Speed: | 39.1 mph |
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Full activity details at Garmin Connect…
